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View SchemaQuantum computing and polynomial equations over the finite field Z_2
| Authors | Christopher M. Dawson, Henry L. Haselgrove, Andrew P. Hines, Duncan Mortimer, Michael A. Nielsen, Tobias J. Osborne |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0408129 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0408129 |
| Journal | Quantum Information and Computation, vol. 5 (2), pp.102-112 (2005) |
Abstract
What is the computational power of a quantum computer? We show that determining the output of a quantum computation is equivalent to counting the number of solutions to an easily computed set of polynomials defined over the finite field Z_2. This connection allows simple proofs to be given for two known relationships between quantum and classical complexity classes.
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